Re: [OSM-talk] Contributing GIS Data to OSM

2011-01-18 Thread Iván Sánchez Ortega
On Tuesday 18 January 2011 18:41:30 IT Intern wrote: > Thank you Iván for the added advice! You're welcome! > So one thing you mentioned that Serge didn't is that once data is imported > it should be maintained? Let me use an example. Let's suppose you import the data from a province goverment

Re: [OSM-talk] Contributing GIS Data to OSM

2011-01-18 Thread IT Intern
Thanks again Serge! I think for the most part that cleared everything up :). Only thing I'm still not so clear on is the tagging. > Another question about this is that I > am working in the U.S., but I would be importing data for a region in an > another country. Do I follow the tagging system

Re: [OSM-talk] Contributing GIS Data to OSM

2011-01-18 Thread Serge Wroclawski
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 12:19 PM, IT Intern wrote: > Thank you for your response Serge!  This is a very good outline and you are > very kind to have given me this kind of walk through.  I have read through > the docs about each part you outlined for me and have some more questions.. Great. > "If

Re: [OSM-talk] Contributing GIS Data to OSM

2011-01-18 Thread IT Intern
Thank you Iván for the added advice! So one thing you mentioned that Serge didn't is that once data is imported it should be maintained? I am just wondering because if one goes through extensive preparation to import the data then why is it that it would need to be maintained? I understand if th

Re: [OSM-talk] Contributing GIS Data to OSM

2011-01-18 Thread IT Intern
Thank you for your response Serge! This is a very good outline and you are very kind to have given me this kind of walk through. I have read through the docs about each part you outlined for me and have some more questions.. "If you've signed up recently, you've accepted the new Contributor Term

Re: [OSM-talk] Contributing GIS Data to OSM

2011-01-18 Thread Iván Sánchez Ortega
On Tuesday 18 January 2011 17:16:42 Serge Wroclawski wrote: > [...] generally the community doesn't like [imports], and usually it has to > do with poor execution, and overlapping data. That answer is spot-on. I do like imports, but only when it is certain that there will be no overlapping data,

Re: [OSM-talk] Contributing GIS Data to OSM

2011-01-18 Thread Serge Wroclawski
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:42 AM, IT Intern wrote: > > This was originally posted here: > http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=10817 Hi, and welcome to OSM! There's a large split in the people who use the forums vs the lists. I'm biased. The other resources for OSM are the Wiki (wiki

[OSM-talk] Contributing GIS Data to OSM

2011-01-18 Thread IT Intern
This was originally posted here: http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=10817 Hello OSM Community, I apologize in advance if the answer to my question is blatant from the docs, but as far as I can see there seems to be no way to contribute GIS data to OSM. I am working on a project maki